Grey Massive Sponge

Ecionemia alata

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth11–128 m
Water temperature13–19 °C
Best monthsJanuary, February, and March
How commonRare

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Photo credit: (c) Shaun Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 47 records
February: 51 records
March: 34 records
April: 19 records
May: 23 records
June: 26 records
July: 33 records
August: 12 records
September: 17 records
October: 14 records
November: 19 records
December: 17 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 11–128 m · Deepest record: 755 m

0–10 m: 10 records
10–20 m: 15 records
20–30 m: 8 records
30–40 m: 4 records
40–50 m: 14 records
50–60 m: 16 records
60–70 m: 27 records
70–80 m: 14 records
80–90 m: 13 records
90–100 m: 3 records
100–110 m: 5 records
110+ m: 20 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 13–19 °C

12–14 °C: 17 records
14–16 °C: 19 records
16–18 °C: 114 records
18–20 °C: 17 records

Photos

(c) Shaun Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Grey Massive Sponge

Other scientific names: Ancorina alata, Ancorina osculifera

Similar species

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
213 open-data records from 1910 to 2025.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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